adjective
- not openly acknowledged or declared; not admitted
Usage: formal
Examples
- His unavowed feelings for her were obvious to everyone else.
- The politician had an unavowed agenda behind his public statements.
- She harbored an unavowed resentment toward her former colleague.
- The company’s unavowed policy was to favor certain clients.
- His unavowed ambition was to become the department head.
- The unavowed tension between the two leaders affected the entire team.